Men’s Basketball Falters at Suffolk, 63-55

BOSTON, Mass.- The Eastern Nazarene College men's basketball team dropped a 63-55 decision at Suffolk Saturday afternoon.

THE BASICS:
Score: Eastern Nazarene 55, Suffolk 63
Records: Lions (2-3) | Rams (3-0)

HOW IT HAPPENED:

• After falling behind 19-10, Eastern Nazarene drained a pair of treys to cut the deficit to 19-16 with 5:18 left to play in the first half.
• Suffolk headed into the halftime break hanging onto a 25-22 edge.
• The Rams widened their lead to double-digits, 46-36, on a layup by Keenan Robertson with 9:27 remaining in the second stanza.
• The Lions cut the deficit to 55-52 with 1:45 on the clock as a layup by Nick Manso (Brick, N.J.) capped off a 7-0 spurt.
• Suffolk solidified its third-straight victory by converting 6-of-6 free throw attempts in the final minute.
  

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE:

• Nick Manso (Brick, N.J.) scored a team-best 18 points in his first start of the year.
• Bernie McGuinness (Cumming, Ga.) posted his first double-double of the season, finishing with 15 points and 10 boards.
• Levi White (Springfield, Mass.) recorded eight points, seven rebounds, four assists, and four steals.
• Eastern Nazarene shot 32.3% from the floor and 32% from behind the arc on the day.
• Suffolk finished with a field-goal percentage of 48.1% while connecting on 5-of-22 from three-point range.
• Keenan Robertson paced the Rams with 19 points and 12 rebounds while Aidan Sullivan chipped in with 13 points.

                                                                                    
LOOKING AHEAD:

Eastern Nazarene returns home to take on Johnson & Wales November 22.